Yep, I'm back! Gomen this chapy is rather short, hope you like it though. It kinda gives some of the problems that the trio will be facing, and hopefully Kakashi isn't too out of character. I always thought that he would be a little less laid back and a bit more Naruto like as a kid.

Her Story

Chapter Two: After The Fact

"Mmmm," Obito sighed contentedly as he placed his chopsticks across his ramen bowl.

"You must be the fastest ramen eater I know," Kita said looking at her sleepy friend. "Why can't you be more like Kaka-" with a glance at the silver haired boy sitting across from her she paled.

"I'm only second place, Kakashi is actually the fastest," Obito replied pouting slightly. Anyone could be the Hokage, it took someone special however to be the fastest ramen eater! "One day my friend I will hold that title." Kakashi blinked innocently and settled back into his chair, arms folded across his chest.

"Hurry up Kita," he stated looking lazy and tired as always. "You're the only one still eating and we have to meet sensei."

The morning was bright with fluffy white clouds obscuring the dank sky as the three friends made their way through the village. The Chunnin exam was finally over leaving the village in a happy exhaustion. Everyone was proud of the Leaf students who made the cut, but many were skeptical of the three six year olds who had passed. Whispers followed the trio everywhere they went, hushed voices wondering why children had been chosen when several older students hadn't; were they monsters; had something gone wrong; had there been a mistake. For the most part the trio ignored the comments, to the best of their ability at least.

"I wonder if everyone gets this when they first become a Chunnin?" Kita asked quietly ducking behind her friends.

"Do you ever hear anything about anyone else?" Obito replied shaking his head. Silently Kakashi agreed though he never voiced his opinion. Truthfully he didn't care, so long as they never disrupted his training people could say whatever they wanted.

"Ignore them and hurry up," came his bored answer.

"Who made you boss?" Obito growled glaring at the silent shinobi.

"Yodaime-sensei," he retorted silencing the argument, with a satisfied smile Kakashi began running to the appointed meeting place.

----- "Sensei why didn't you tell us you made Kakashi squad leader?" Obito inquired angrily. Yodaime smiled, a confused look on his face. Kita just shook her head, sometimes Obito was a bit too gullible.

"Sensei when are we going to go on a mission again?" she asked quietly. It had been a month since their last assignment and no one was fooled as to the reason. Yodaime was worried about what the villagers would say or do when they began completing C and even B rank missions.

"Soon," he replied quietly. "Until then, your training is still important."

"We're not worried about what the villagers will think," Kakashi intervened looking his teacher in the eyes. "So long as they don't get in the way, what's wrong with us being shinobi?"

"I know you three aren't worried, but the Hokage and I are. It's not about proving yourself but protecting you."

"Sensei," Obito stated bluntly, "that was lame." Yodaime sweat dropped, Obito was something else entirely.

"You begin missions later, training starts now."

"Hai," they chorused running for hiding spots, their weapons at ready. With a smile Yodaime vanished beginning that day's training session.

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Next chapy will probably be longer in the making and hopefully better than this one, so don't give up yet!

Ja